Up, Up and Away - Investigating Information Needs for Helicopter Pilots in future Urban Air Mobility

This qualitative work aims to address the emerging challenges and opportunities through advanced automation and visualization capabilities in the field of helicopter piloting for future Urban Air Mobility. A workshop was conducted with N=6 professional helicopter pilots to gather insights on these topics. The participants discussed key themes, including information needs, user interfaces, and automation. The results unveiled novel opportunities and highlighted challenges for research on aiding helicopter pilots in the fields of obstacle avoidance, map visualization, and air traffic visualization, such as augmenting flight paths to increase their situation awareness.